8月10日
【2】TOPIC #006:
If you could change one important thing about your hometown, what would you change? Use specific examples to support your answer.
原文(5分左右):
(1)If it were my right to choose one thing to be changed about my hometown, I would no doubt make my preference of building several public libraries. (2)This choice is due to the very fact that there has been a serious lack of public libraries, and most of the existing libraries are in extremely bad shape and are poorly equipped.
(1)If I had the chance to change one thing about my hometown, I would improve its system of libraries. (2)There is a serious shortage of libraries where I live, and most of the existing ones are in extremely bad shape and poorly equipped. (3)The town is attractive enough, and the economy and education are in good shape – but these last two might not be so good for long if our libraries deteriorate.
笔记:
第1句的修改,简练,开篇要简练--------这是ETS的喜好,用最精简的语言表达管线
增加了第3句。个人觉得这个句子很经典。优点在于,它提出了一个经济和教育非常好作为背景,从而衬托出图书馆不好是多么遗憾的一件事情。这个句子的思路也是可以在多处运用的。使得文章观点更加客观,具体,而且令人容易感同身受。
(3)The worst situation lies in the insufficient resource of libraries. (4)A foreigner would find it difficult to believe that there are only five or six public libraries in my hometown, whereas in other countries public libraries can be seen here and there. (5)Since the limited number of libraries built, the libraries are open to only a narrow number of readers, which has led to unpleasant result. (6)Not all students at universities can borrow books from the libraries. (7)Consequently many students have difficulties in finding the materials necessary for their professional fields.
(4)The low ratio of books to people is the most serious problem. (5) We are far behind cities of comparable size in this respect. (6)Access to books is very hard for those who do not have cars, and it is difficult for everyone to obtain the books that are in greatest demand. (7) Furthermore, the process for obtaining a library card is cumbersome, and, absurdly, it excludes a great deal of students.
(8)If anyone needs to be able to check out books reliably for schooling and research, it is a student.
笔记:
这一段,我觉得改后的文章比原文来讲,就是具体,把所有问题都具体化,细节化。原文中提到外国人不能相信我们只有3-5家图书馆(我觉得这个不够客观),提到只有少数人能借书,说到学生不容易借到专业书籍。原文将这个细致化,图书馆数量少,改后用没有车的人不方便借书来体现,同时说借书卡不容易办来体现借书程序不方便,然后提到学生为完成学校作业和研究借书而不得。都是将例子具体化了。也就是具体化了,细节也就表现出来了。
而且在逻辑上,原文显得并列,而改后的文章逻辑呈现递进,环环相扣的感觉非常强;
语言点:比如借书困难,我比较常用的表达是It’s difficult to……, people found it’s hard to……等,但是改后Access to books做主语,引导整个句子,最后一句的句式也是我们不常用的,但是这么用了以后,整个文章活泼一些。
原文第四句:尽量不要出现这种有关外国人看法的句子。你不是外国人,不会知道人家怎么想,如果人家不这样想,你的文章就有一个很大的缺点。另外,一个城市有五六个图书馆并不是difficult to believe的事,中国的很多城市并没有图书馆。关键在于改善这些图书馆,要注意对主题的把握。
(8)The low quality of these public libraries is also a serious problem. (9) The selection of books is not wide and the number of titles is also relatively small. (10)Students cannot easily find what they need here. (11)In addition, books from other countries were imported a long time ago, and most of them are out of date while the world is changing everyday. (12)Moreover, very few libraries have applied information technology into management of books yet. (13) It is an obvious truth that information technology such as searching program would help a reader to find a book within just a few seconds, but without it, the reader would have to spend much more time. (14)Thus the need of introducing advanced technologies is emergent.
(9)Another problem is the low quality of these libraries. (10) The range of materials offered is narrow; reference books are out of date, the fiction collection is unimpressive, and the libraries have not acquired new foreign works for about a decade. (11) The audiovisual collections, while not essential, could also do with some improvement. (12)Only two of our six libraries have connected to the Internet and applied new information technology to the management of their volumes. (13) While the written card system has its advantages, an online catalogue saves a patron many minutes of searching. (14) It also can provide for the ordering of books from other library districts. (15) Patrons who are not connected to the Internet at home should have free access to the World Wide Web for research.
(16)The older generations, especially, are going to be lost if they do not know how most people are acquiring new knowledge today. (17) I would say that our town is in a state of information crisis.
笔记:
原文第九句改为第十句,首先range对selection的替换很出彩,我们在学习英语词汇的时候,都是一对一的记忆,所以在作文这种输出的考试的时候,词汇量表现出了它很大的局限性,所以我们在写作的时候可选的往往都是第一字典词汇。文章就会显得比较僵硬。
原文的10、11、12在阐述图书馆的问题。我觉得和上一段一样,举例过宽过广,不易使人产生共鸣。比如说学生找不到他们要的书,国外进口的书过期,世界日益变化,这个的确能支撑论点,但是过于广,过于广的后果就是没有细节。而ETS最注重的就是细节。所以改后,文章讲参考书过期(学生要的),小说质量不好,没有近十年的外国作品。非常的具体形象,说服力很强。同时增加了11句,描述视听专辑,也应该有所提升,这样使得内容比较完整。
同时在对于信息设备的建设中,原文体现了一个细节,就是找东西可以在几秒钟找到。但是建立信息搜索平台的理由,只有这一个显得有些苍白无力。因此在更改中,加入了其他理由,比如可以预约其他图书馆的书目,读者可以上网,老人可以了解新科技,等等,这样内容就丰富完善起来。同时,原文在表达这个平台少的时候,用了数字细节,所以整体看上去真实可信,说服力强。具体的例子才能给人具体的印象,才更具有说服力。
改后的 13-16句同样可以运用到有关计算机技术的题目中,很好的素材。而且这四个句子的句式都不相同。非常值得学习。
第13句:
普通:It is an obvious truth that information technology such as searching program would help a reader to find a book within just a few seconds。
优秀:While the written card system has its advantages, an online catalogue saves a patron many minutes of searching.
评论:很明显,后句由于准确用词而显得语言使用专业了很多。Online catalogue比information technology such as searching program要简洁也能体现对英语的了解。平时要注意积累各种日常可能用的词的说法。
原文中第11句:
注意图书馆引进书最好用introduce而不是用import,应该注意词的使用语境,不要
仅凭中文来用词。
原文中第12句
Apply通常与to相连,而不是into,记词组的时候要准确。尽量不要出现这种错误。
(18)A subtler problem of quality, but perhaps just as serious, is the physical appearance of the libraries. (19) No one wants to go into a building that looks as dingy and run-down as my town’s libraries do. (20) Even a modest amount of restoration would make these great buildings more inviting to children, who are often the first people to judge by appearances and the last to pick up a book outside of school.
增加这一段,是针对第一段提出来的现有图书馆的shape的问题,本段在阐述图书馆外形的重要性。这点需要我们注意的就是,开篇提出来什么,在后面的段落中就要解决什么问题。
三个句子也非常值得学习,三个句子,一个陈述,一个否定,一个递进,干净利落的表达了观点。句子丰富性非常值得学习。
(21)My hometown is aching for a better library system. (22) I believe that the library is a crucial element in a healthy community, and that it must be there to supplement the schools. (23) The younger generations are receiving an incomplete education as things stand now. (24) They need access to the rich knowledge that their parents and grandparents had, not to mention the new information that is appearing every day. (25) If we could steer more funds toward essential library upkeep, staffing, information technology, and new acquisitions, then we might truly broaden the horizons of our citizens.
In conclusion, it would be appreciable if my hometown had a good system of libraries.(15) I am quite convinced that these libraries would certainly help the young generations to widen their knowledge and make progress in their studies.
结尾段详细阐述了建立图书馆的必要性和优点,在文章的基础上递进。使得结尾饱满。就好比托福阅读,结尾的时候它不会单单的说所以这个好或者这个不好,它会很认真的总结前文说的优缺点,然后给出自己的意见。我们写作的时候也应该注意这个,把结尾说饱满。
全文感觉:
刚开始分析这个,有很多分析不到位的,由于基础不好,而且刚刚开始作文的复习和认知,所以能感觉到最深的就是它表面反映出来的问题。
这次的心得在于:
细节的体现,和前一篇文章一起看,可以看出专家的修改对于作者的整体思路是没有大的修改的,但是在作者的内容中增加了很多细节,所以文章读起来特别丰富。不能夸夸奇谈,把论点点到为止,举例应该尽量客观同时越贴近自己周围的生活越好。
内容的完整,论文的结构,论点,论据,论证,要一一对应,提到什么,就要对什么进行阐述。
句式的变化,这个我说不好。只是觉得它用了很多方法。我计划在3天之内完成对句子语法的学习,希望那个时候能更多的学习句子上的问题。
这真是一个学习过程~~说实话~~对我来说~~看原文已经膜拜了~~~~看修改的……我在五体投地~~~~
专家修改(6分):
(1)If I had the chance to change one thing about my hometown, I would improve its system of libraries. (2)There is a serious shortage of libraries where I live, and most of the existing ones are in extremely bad shape and poorly equipped. (3)The town is attractive enough, and the economy and education are in good shape – but these last two might not be so good for long if our libraries deteriorate.
(4)The low ratio of books to people is the most serious problem. (5) We are far behind cities of comparable size in this respect. (6)Access to books is very hard for those who do not have cars, and it is difficult for everyone to obtain the books that are in greatest demand. (7) Furthermore, the process for obtaining a library card is cumbersome, and, absurdly, it excludes a great deal of students.
(8)If anyone needs to be able to check out books reliably for schooling and research, it is a student.
(9)Another problem is the low quality of these libraries. (10) The range of materials offered is narrow; reference books are out of date, the fiction collection is unimpressive, and the libraries have not acquired new foreign works for about a decade. (11) The audiovisual collections, while not essential, could also do with some improvement. (12)Only two of our six libraries have connected to the Internet and applied new information technology to the management of their volumes. (13) While the written card system has its advantages, an online catalogue saves a patron many minutes of searching. (14) It also can provide for the ordering of books from other library districts. (15) Patrons who are not connected to the Internet at home should have free access to the World Wide Web for research.
(16)The older generations, especially, are going to be lost if they do not know how most people are acquiring new knowledge today. (17) I would say that our town is in a state of information crisis.
(18)A subtler problem of quality, but perhaps just as serious, is the physical appearance of the libraries. (19) No one wants to go into a building that looks as dingy and run-down as my town’s libraries do. (20) Even a modest amount of restoration would make these great buildings more inviting to children, who are often the first people to judge by appearances and the last to pick up a book outside of school.
(21)My hometown is aching for a better library system. (22) I believe that the library is a crucial element in a healthy community, and that it must be there to supplement the schools. (23) The younger generations are receiving an incomplete education as things stand now. (24) They need access to the rich knowledge that their parents and grandparents had, not to mention the new information that is appearing every day. (25) If we could steer more funds toward essential library upkeep, staffing, information technology, and new acquisitions, then we might truly broaden the horizons of our citizens.